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Show assigned two hours for every two men through the night to the water Wells and the from fill Mine & AoLo barrelso dip up 12 came turn from to 2 12 at we were called aome aomo porno Rogers were up and relievedo Eo Jones and No Freemen, dipped water up till 3 a"mo then went to bed againe 29th Wednesday Eo .J ones and N Freeman got up the teams, watered them and took breakfast then hitched up and drove 8 miles to the foot of the Buckskin Motmtains and 3 miles up the mountain where we camped and drove our stock 1 1/2 miles down a rocky ravine to water had to water diem in the buckets Then drove them back again to feed and we went to camp Mo Hess and No Freeman had a quarrel while drdving the stock to water, and M"Ho beat No It was made all right when we came back to campo F considerable 30th Thursday Very windy night, ground covered with snow in the morning Took breakfast and tended to prayers, then I, with two more of the boys went to look after the oxen and mules and found them all right on good feedo The rest of the men went out into the cedars to hunt for a cow that was lost last evening beQ It was a very stormy day the snow fore the stock was drove off bad and Moroni around Hess was lost, and could not dri£ting very We all hunted for, him, and lit fires find his way back to campo to draw hi attention, alIso fired off firearmso About 7 oclock porno he came to camp, very tired, having been gone 11 hours" In the evening we went and watered the stock and found the lost cow with them" 31st Fridayo 'Somewhat cloudy but cleared off and was a nice day, Took breakfast I tended to prayers then hitched up and drove about 4 mi.Ies where we camped and melted snow for our oxen, and took dinner then drove 4 miles over a hard pulling road and Had headache in evening" Had to Good feed, camped for the rright take turns & sit up to melt snow for the oxeno Eo Jones, We Tow bridge & myself were appointed a committee to see the water was evenly di.st.rdbuted, Morris Johnson of Brigham City was a little dissatisfied and gnnnbled about ito My turn was with J .C, Phillips from 9 to 11 pmo April 1st Saturday. Got all the barrels and buckets full of water" Oxen were troublesome to findo Got started at 9 acm" and drove 4 miles to the foot of the Buckskin mountains then 1 mile further and camped for dirmer , watered our oxen out of the barrels 2 p .m, hitched up and drove 11 miles to House Rock Springs over a good roade Had to take the teams 1 mile to water & back to feed, some 2 miles House Rock Springs are 2 small streams running out of the rockso It takes a long 'time to water 50 head of oxen" I'> s , 0 0 0 G , (> - , c 0 |
